PT-37 sunk by Japanese destroyer Kawakaze off Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1 February 1943. The ship would be out of action until November 1942. USS PC-1261 sunk by shellfire from shore batteries off Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. USS LSM-20 sunk by kamikaze attack off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 5 December 1944. As the plane was about to impact the ship, the kamikaze pulled out of his dive for his left wing to impact the ship's antenna, tumbling the plane's wreckage down onto a 40mm gun mount on the portside of the superstructure. The skeleton crew that had remained abandoned the Glennon, which floated until late 10 June 1944 when she sank. USSNorth Carolina(BB-55) was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 on 15 September 1942, 150 miles southeast of Guadalcanal, the same spread of torpedoes which also hit and sank USS Wasp. Maikaze, Isokaze, and Hamakaze surrounded the sub and pummeled the boat with depth charges and gunfire until it sank. USS LST-531 sunk by German motor torpedo boats in Lyme Bay, England, 28 April 1944. The enemy plane crashed through the port side at the waterline amidships tearing a hole in the ship's side approximately 20 feet long and nine feet high. Several American destroyers were called forward to silence the batteries. Nevada lost sixty men killed and one hundred nine wounded in the attack. USS YR-43 lost in the Gulf of Alaska, 28 March 1945. Fragments of debris and shrapnel would strike the Moale killing one sailor and wounding another ten men. Captain Ralph O. Davis gave the order to abandon ship shortly before Chicago sank stern first 20 minutes later, taking 62 of her crew with her, most of them killed by the torpedo detonations. The first plane missed but its bomb caused a power failure on Luce, freezing her main guns just as the second plane slammed into the aft section of the ship. USS PC-1129 sunk by Japanese Suicide boat off Nasugbu, Luzon, Philippine Islands, The ship quickly sank in less than six minutes, taking forty-seven crewmen down with her. Fortunately only two men were wounded by this attack, and there were no fatalities. While cruising in support of the operations in the Solomons, specifically north of the New Hebrides Islands, Chester was hit by a torpedo from I-176 on the starboard side, amidships on 20 October which killed 11 and wounded 12. USSAPc-21 sunk by aircraft off Arawe, New Britain Island, 17 December 1943. Foundered and sinks off Coos Bay, Oregon. USSSaufley(DD-465) was conducting anti-shipping operations between Kolombangara and Choiseul on the night of 1 October 1943 when she was attacked by Japanese bombers that hit her with several bombs. The certainty of this information remains in question, for Japanese records for April 1943 are notoriously inaccurate, and the reported position was out of Pickerel's assigned hunting grounds. 332 of her men would go down with her as she rolled over and sank 2.5 miles east of Savo Island at 02:50. Struck coral reef while under tow and sank. USS YD-56 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Most of the crew was picked up by neighboring ships but twenty two crewmembers would go down with Abner Read. A few hours later, a second, larger explosion shook the Princeton, possibly caused by an explosion of one or more bombs in the magazine. Lo: American escort carrier sunk on 25 October 1944 by kamikaze aircraft while in the Battle off Samar in Leyte Gulf. In total darkness; the two task forces streamed towards on another until at 01:48, Atlanta was illuminated by searchlights from Japanese battleship Hiei which was only 3,000 yards away, practically point-blank range for the battleship. Strange ships entering the harbor!" A mushroom cloud erupted, rising thousands of feet above the wreck of Liscome Bay. By 16:00, the fires were out of control and the remaining personnel were evacuated. USSDewey(YFD-1) scuttled to prevent capture at Bataan, Philippine Islands, 10 April 1942. She was also forced to dodge torpedo attacks launched by the Japanese destroyer screen. List of United States Navyand Coast Guardships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 31 December 1946,[1]sorted by type and name. USSBunting(AMc-7) sunk by collision in San Francisco Bay, California, 3 June 1942. Boise would be repaired and returned to a lengthy service with the Navy during WWII. Due to the intensity of the battle, her fellow destroyers could not stop to render assistance to Cooper's surviving crew in the water, many of whom had to wait hours before rescue from PBY Catalinas. Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Houston was targeted by four torpedo bombers, three of which were shot down but one managed to score a hit on the cruiser in the engine room, knocking out propulsive power to the ship. Before she made much progress, though, the heavy cruiser lost all power. One man was killed and 8 others wounded. Unknown: Probably capsized due to icing in a gale. Irreparably damaged by German aircraft torpedo. Combat Air Patrol arrived at the right time to drive off the remaining enemy planes and saved Laffey from further damage. USSSamuel B. Roberts(DE-413) sunk by Japanese warships during the Battle of Leyte Gulf off Samar, Philippine Islands, 25 October 1944. . USS YSP-50 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Yamato opened fire at 06:59 at an estimated range of 34,544 yards, targeting White Plains with her first four salvos. The ship returned to service in March 1945. To complicate matters further; the ship had no water pressure to fight the growing fires. Thirty minutes later, all major fires were out, and salvage work had been started. Statistically, America's coastal waters were the most dangerous, the scene of half the world's sinkings. Helena would participate in many of the surface actions around Guadalcanal, sinking several Japanese ships and destroying many enemy planes. Gambier Bay was soon dead in the water as the battleship Yamato closed to point-blank range. At 0148, in almost pitch darkness, San Francisco opened fire on an enemy cruiser 3,700yd off her starboard beam. The crew abandoned their destroyer and were rescued by her fellow tin cans. At first glance, the England (named for John England, a sailor killed at Pearl Harbor) was not an impressive vessel. USS LCT(5)-23 sunk at Algiers, Algeria, 3 May 1943. USS LCS(L)(3)-26 sunk by Suicide boat off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 16 February 1945. She lost 175 crewmen from the attack and ship would be out of action for 10 months. Seventy-four men were lost with the Triton. During the action Fanshaw Bay suffered four killed and four wounded, but the damage was not threatening to the hull of the ship. The following day the submarine sent a routine weather report, and was never heard from again. USS LCS(L)(3)-37 engines damaged beyond repair by a depth charge dropped under the fantail by a suicide boat off Nakagusuki Wan, Okinawa, 28 April 1945. By 18:20, signal had been completely lost with the sub. The second kamikaze missed the bow by ten feet and exploded in the water, showering debris and water over the bridge. Control aft was demolished. YP-481 destroyed by grounding at Charleston, South Carolina, 25 April 1943. USS YO-64 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands, January 1942, and stricken from the Navy List, 21 April 1944. Owing to the massive explosion and quick sinking, it was assumed by the task force commander that nobody could have survived Juneau's destruction, and fearing more submarine attacks on his damaged force; he made the decision to not stop and pick up survivors. USS YC-646 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Deflected by the gun's shield, the shell ricocheted over her flight deck. Damage to the wreck indicates the sub was indeed struck by a large aerial bomb. Amongst the twenty-two dead was the ship's captain; another fifty more were wounded. If correct, it would make Bullhead possibly the last American ship sunk by enemy action in the Second World War. The ship continued to fight as best it could and launched several torpedoes at a nearby enemy battleship but fires, loss of power, and exploding ammunition prompted the order to abandon ship at 0230. UNITED STATES NAVAL SHIPS SUNK OR DAMAGED BY ENEMY TORPEDO, BOMBS, OR GUNFIRE. USS YO-156 lost at Sitka, Alaska, May 1945. Fires swept the ship as she listed to starboard and began to settle by the bow. So orderly and controlled was the process that loss of life was surprisingly light. Planes fell off the carrier's deck. The gasoline-coated water surrounding Liscome Bay caught fire, hampering survivors' efforts to escape. USSGambier Bay(CVE-73) was fired on and hit by multiple Japanese warships during the Battle off Samar when the highly outgunned and outnumbered task force "Taffy 3" was engaged by a surface group consisting of four battleships, including Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever built. Initial damage was extensive, fires broke out on the flight deck, the hangar deck, and in the fuel deck, communications from the bridge were lost within 15 minutes, and the ship was soon out of control. They were spotted by the Americans an hour after they left their decks. Although most of the planes were shot down, a damaged twin engine Yokosuka P1Y managed to strike Drexler on her starboard side between the main deck and the waterline. Capsized by carrier-based aircraft torpedoes and raised in 1943 but not repaired. One of these planes, a "Val", made a suicide run that struck the Drayton's No. Morrison slipped beneath the sea at 08:40, taking the lives of one hundred fifty-seven men with her, most crewmen below decks were lost because the ship sank so quickly. Around the same moment Abele was hit by the A6M, an incoming Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber released a MXY-7 Ohka. USSArizona(BB-39) was hit by at least two 800kg (1,800lb) armor-piercing bombs dropped by B5N "Kate" bombers during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Several bombs landed on or near the Aaron Ward causing extensive damage and flooding to the engine room, fire rooms, and electric rooms. Meredith was abandoned in a calm orderly fashion and her hull was towed to Baie de la Seine. Unfortunately, one of the torpedoes malfunctioned and made a perfect turn around to hit Tullibee amidships in a violent explosion. The two sides met with one another in the pitch-black night at 0130 and quickly the battle became a frenzied shootout. USSBoyd(DD-544) was participating in the bombardment of Nauru Island on 8 December 1943 when she received orders at 10:33 to rescue the crew of a downed plane which landed in the water off the island. Yamato is clearly seen in the background of photographs taken during the attack on "Taffy 3". On 5 April 1945, while participating in the Okinawa campaign, she was hit by a 5-inch shell in a friendly fire accident during a massive kamikaze attack on the fleet, killing three and wounding forty-four. PT-338 grounded, 27 January 1945, and destroyed as a result of grounding, not in enemy waters, Semirara Island, Philippine Islands, 31 January 1945. The Japanese destroyers were later sunk in the Battle of Vella Gulf, so no discernable report was made describing the sinking of a submarine, however an oil slick was reported in the Blackett Strait on 6 March by Japanese sources. USSEscolar(SS-294) set out on 18 September 1944 from Midway Island for her first patrol of the war. Johnston's commander Ernest J. Evans; without waiting for orders, broke formation and charged at the incoming Japanese fleet despite the obvious fact that his ship was heavily outnumbered, and severely out of her weight class in firepower. USS YF-487 lost in the Caribbean Sea, 18 July 1943. USS YMS-98 sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. Leading the Japanese force was the super-battleship Yamato, the largest battleship of all time, which weighed more than all the ships of "Taffy 3" combined. The hulk of Emmons exploded at 1930 and was scuttled the next day. Temporary repairs were made. USSDarter(SS-227) was conducting her fourth patrol of the war near Palawan on 23 October 1944 when just after midnight, a huge fleet of Japanese battleships and cruisers appeared on the submarine's radar. USS YF-181 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSCowanesque(AO-79) damaged on 3 January 1945 off of San Pedro Bay, Philippines, by kamikaze attack of a Japanese single-engine fighter crashing into her port side and disintegrating violently, spreading burning gasoline over the deck. USSForrest(DD-461) was on patrol in Nakagusuku Bay on 26 May 1945 when at 2249 she was hit by a "Val" kamikaze that struck her starboard side just below the main deck. After the war, the ship was sold to the Brazilian Navy, and sunk in 1980 while being towed to the scrap yard. Likely sunk by Japanese gunfire. Sunk after grounding on a reef. Nearly at the same moment; another plane struck the ship's forecastle, tearing a huge hole across the deck. These hit further aft in the machinery spaces, breaking the keel, flooding the forward engine and boiler rooms, and breaching bulkheads that allowed water into the aft engine room. Two men were killed and fifteen wounded although damage was minor. PT-239 destroyed by fire in port, Lambu Lambu, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 14 December 1943. 17 sailors were killed. All crew members of 20mm guns 710 were killed or wounded. USS SC-744 sunk by kamikaze attack in Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 27 November 1944. USSMullany(DD-528) was on anti-submarine picket duty during the afternoon of 6 April 1945 when she was targeted by several kamikazes. When the turret responded with Astoria's 12th and final salvo, the shells missed Kinugasa but struck the No. USSHoel(DD-533) was operating as escort for "Taffy 3" on the morning of 25 October 1944 off Samar, when a huge Japanese task force of battleships and cruisers suddenly appeared over the horizon coming straight for the small American ships. USS LCT(5)-30 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. She was hit by a torpedo, several 250kg bombs, and possibly an 800kg bomb. USSStanly(DD-478) was performing radar picket duty off Okinawa on 12 April 1945 when she was targeted by two MXY-7 Ohka rocket-powered kamikaze gliders. It was removed intact from the ship a couple of days later. This time she was hit by two bombs and two torpedoes and left dead in the water with a severe list. She lost power and suffered broken steam lines. USSGuest(DD-472) was patrolling off Hagushi anchorage on 25 May 1945 when at 02:25, the ship was grazed by a single-engine plane which struck her mast and hit the water fifty yards off her starboard beam. Most of Pope's crew would endure more than 60 hours in open sea, before spending years in POW camps. The second bomb passed through the hangar deck, ruptured the fire main on the second deck, and exploded near the starboard side. Ammunition ship. From August 1943 Minneapolis would go on to serve in every major American operation in the Pacific save Iwo Jima. Williamsburg VA: Mill Neck Publications, 1997. USSLongshaw(DD-559) was en route to her patrol area on the morning of 18 May 1945, following a four-day period of fire support when at 07:19, the destroyer ran aground on a reef just south of Naha Airport. The blast tore a hole in the hull that flooded the starboard engine and boiler rooms and severed wiring for the main and secondary guns. One shell from this salvo exploded beneath the turn of White Plains port bilge near frame 142, near her aft (starboard) engine room. USSPreston(DD-379) was sailing with TF 64 on 14 November 1942 en route to intercept a Japanese fleet making for the Marine-held airbase on Guadalcanal. Bailey returned to service in October 1943. The shell hit the Combat Information Center on board; killing six and wounding 14 others. Fate unknown: lost either to Japanese submarine or to mines. Cisco was the only US sub operating in the area at the time this report was made, leaving little doubt over her demise. USS YF-224 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSMoonstone(PYc-9) sunk after collision with the USSGreer(DD-145) off the Delaware Capes, Delaware, 16 October 1943. USSLuzon(PR-7) scuttled off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 6 May 1942. USSArgonaut(SM-1) was on her third patrol of the war along the south-east coast of New Britain Island when on 10 January 1943, she intercepted a convoy of enemy ships from Rabaul. A memorial and shrine to her crew was constructed in 1962. USSHornbill(AMc-13) sunk after collision with the lumber schooner Esther Johnson in San Francisco Bay, California, 30 June 1942. The fourth hit destroyed the aft port stack. PT-300 destroyed by kamikaze attack, Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 18 December 1944. Within minutes of the kamikaze strike, it was clear Luce was going to sink and the order to abandon ship went out. USSBelknap(APD-34) scrapped after being damaged beyond repair by kamikaze attack at Lingayen, Philippine Islands, 11 January 1945. As the ambush commenced, a torpedo strike and depth charge detonations erupted from the side of the convoy which Growler was attacking, then silence. 18 men were wounded in the attack. At 17:45, wounded crew began to be taken off the ship, and by 17:50 the entire topside area had become untenable. Another 12 were wounded. Several bombs struck the bridge knocking out all communications, steering, and gun control. Steering and engine control were temporarily lost, then regained. Eleven days later, New Orleans sailed stern-first to avoid sinking to Sydney, Australia, arriving on 24 December While docked in Sydney, the damaged propeller was replaced and other repairs were made, including the installation of a temporary stub bow. USSBorie(DD-704) was acting as picket duty for returning carrier planes with USSHank(DD-702) on 9 August 1945 when at 14:50 the two picket destroyers came under a concentrated kamikaze attack by five circling planes. On January 21, a plane returning from a sortie made a normal landing, taxied forward abreast of the ship's island and disintegrated in a blinding explosion that killed 50 men and wounded 75. While being repaired in floating drydock on 24 November 1944, Ross was hit again by a Ki-44 kamikaze which set gasoline fires that were quickly extinguished. The two task groups engaged each other at 23:00 on 6 October 1943 with gunfire and torpedoes. Returned to US and decommissioned on 23 April 1945. USSCanberra(CA-70) joined TF 38 in October 1944, which was tasked with performing air raids on Okinawa and Taiwan, in preparation for the landings at Leyte. Missouri was the only Iowa-class ship that was damaged in the war. Destroyed by gunfire from Japanese destroyers. USSMorrison(DD-560) was manning radar picket station No.1 off Northeast Okinawa the morning of 4 May 1945 when at 08:25; after several close encounters with kamikazes, two A6M "Zero's" managed to crash into the ship. USSMayo(DD-422) was assisting Allied troops landing at Anzio on 24 January 1944 when at 20:01 the ship struck a mine on her starboard side. USS YMS-481 sunk by shore batteries off Tarakan, Borneo, 2 May 1945. A second Zero was splashed by the ship's port batteries. USS YC-898 lost off Key West, Florida, 29 September 1942. USS LCT(6)-983 sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. USS YMS-350 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 2 July 1944. The destroyer put up a barrage of fire but the incoming kamikaze struck the portside of the ship, its bomb exploding below decks starting fires and causing a list. USSTurner(DD-648) was anchored not far from Ambrose Light on 3 January 1944 after a series of trips escorting convoys across the Atlantic when suddenly at 0650, several internal explosions in her ammunition storage area began to wreck the destroyer. USS YC-887 lost at Guantanamo, Cuba, 3 February 1943. USSGeorge F. Elliott(AP-13) damaged by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, scuttled by destroyer Hull (DD-350), 8 August 1942. Gasoline from the plane's fuel tanks started a fire and a 5-inch shell from another ship accidentally hit one of California's 5-inch guns, exploded inside the turret, and started another fire. USS YC-668 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. On 2 January 1945, Sumner was supporting a minesweeping group in Lingayen Gulf when at 11:58 several kamikazes swooped in out of the sun and lined up to hit the destroyer. 17 crewmen were killed and another 15 wounded. Callaghan flooded and the fires which ignited anti aircraft ammunition prevented nearby ships from rendering aid. (The Japanese also inflicted a toll on . USS YMS-341 sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. Tang declined an invitation to join a wolf pack of submarines patrolling off Formosa (modern day Taiwan), and instead ventured to hunt alone. A nearby Landing Craft Ship took off the surviving crew at 18:00 while a tugboat attempted to tow the destroyer away, but fires and a heavy list made it obvious that she could not be saved and was sunk by gunfire. Hake was able to escape and return to the same area several hours later hoping to reestablish contact with Harder, but the submarine and her crew of sixty men were never seen or heard from again. The ship was sunk in 1942 by torpedoes from an American submarine, which didn't realize it was carrying prisoners; many of the dead were Australians, making the sinking the deadliest sea event in Australia's history. The starboard wing of the plane was thrown far forward, starting a gasoline fire at five-inch Gun Mount No. USSLangley(AV-3) irreparably damaged by Japanese aircraft bombs south of Java, Netherlands East Indies, 27 February 1942, scuttled by destroyer Whipple (DD-217). Allied Merchant Ship Losses 1939 to 1943. Numerous salvos of depth charges damaged the sub enough to force it to the surface and attempt a gun battle, but was no match for the destroyers main battery. Some killed themselves or other survivors in various states of delirium and hallucinations. USS YSP-45 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSBarry(DD-248) was on patrol off Okinawa on 25 May when she was attacked by two kamikazes off Okinawa. PT-67 destroyed by accidental fire while refueling in port, Tufi, New Guinea, 17 March 1943. One hundred ninety-one men were lost with Cooper. USSBenham(DD-397) was operating with TF 64 on the night of 1415 November 1942 near Guadalcanal; on course to intercept a Japanese task force headed to bombard Henderson Field. YP-235 destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, 1 April 1943. On 20 October 1944 she was screening the invasion force of Leyte when she was attacked by a Japanese torpedo bomber. The Scorpion was declared lost on 6 March 1944 and has never been found. Lo became the first major warship to sink as the result of a kamikaze attack. The attack killed 46 and wounded 116. On 6 April 1945 just off Iejima, Leutze had pulled alongside her sister ship Newcomb which had been hit by multiple kamikazes to give assistance fighting fires and rescuing wounded. USS YC-716 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSChevalier(DD-451) was operating with two other destroyers attempting to make a surprise interception of nine Japanese destroyers which were evacuating troops from Vella Lavella on 6 October 1943. Either sunk by Japanese or destroyed to prevent capture. She would reach California for repairs towards the end of December. One attacker was shot down, but the second plowed into the ship below the bridge. USS YPK-6 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. She was hit five times by bombs that detonated her magazines, started flooding and caused her to sink. Twenty men were killed by the blast which knocked out all power and the ship took on a list. The kamikaze's bomb penetrated the aft engine room and exploded, jamming the rudder. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. Shortly thereafter, Portland was struck by a torpedo fired by either the destroyer Inazuma or the destroyer Ikazuchi at 01:58, causing heavy damage to her stern. Three eight-inch, shells struck her within minutes of each other. USSMonssen(DD-436) was operating as a part Task Group 67.4 under command of Rear Admiral Callaghan on 1314 November 1942 when the task force engaged in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Downes would return to service by March 1943. Postwar analysis of Japaese records indicate an American submarine was attacked on 19 October 1944 by a Japanese escort which dropped 30 depth charges and observed a large oil slick and debris on the ocean surface. Evans fought valiantly during the assault, shooting down at least fourteen attackers but was unable to avoid being struck herself. Washington: Navy Department, 1946. The USS Thresher (SSN-593) Considered the fastest, quietest, and most advanced sub of its day, the Thresher was commissioned in 1960 to detect and destroy Soviet Submarines. Fifty-seven of her crew were killed, and 12 more wounded. USSLouisville(CA-28) was operating with TF 38 on 5 January 1945 off Lingayen Gulf when she was hit by a kamikaze which crashed into the No. The ship was dead in the water, her forward engine room and aft fire room completely flooded and open to the sea. PT-79 sunk in error by the USSConyngham(DD-371) and USSLough(DE-586) near Talin Point, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 1 February 1945. Lo. Severely damaged by Kamikaze boat and not repaired. 3 men were killed and 43 wounded on Farenholt. The aircraft survived the first approach because the proximity fuses were ineffective against its wooden fuselage then, skimmed low on the water undetected, and crashed into Callaghan on the starboard side. The enemy plane's approach was partially concealed by the blinding glare of the sun. A Union stern-wheel tinclad minesweeper and gunboat sunk by a naval mine (called a "torpedo" at the time) in Mobile Bay . Efforts to save the ship were abandoned and her crew went over the sides just minutes later. The two sides engaged in an artillery duel when at 13:16 Texas was hit by a 240mm shell that struck the ship's conning tower and support column of the navigation bridge wounding eleven men, one of whom later died. The sub was reported as missing and presumed lost on 30 March 1944. However by 15 August, Bullhead had not arrived at her scheduled position nor was her crew responding to any attempts to communicate by her fellow submarines. Disintegrated by internal explosion of undetermined cause. Unfortunately she could not be spared from damage for the ship was hit by a bomb aft, a MXY-7 Ohka, a kamikaze crashed on her aft deck, and a third suicide plane struck the rigging of the ship. Scuttled after being hit by coast defense gunfire. Immobilized by Japanese aircraft bombs on 29 December 1941 but continued to support defenders of the Philippines. Japanese destroyer Harukaze came to assist the stricken freighter and attacked the submerged American sub until oil, bubbles, and debris came to the surface, leaving few doubts about the fate of the Shark and her eighty-seven crewmen. USSMayrant(DD-402) was conducting anti-aircraft duties off Palermo, Italy on 26 May 1943 when she was attacked by German dive bombers. USS YSP-44 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Its 250lb bomb, with what was left of the plane, went through the wooden deck and exploded. Another shell destroyed her catapult track, and resulted in a small explosion within her flag office. As Helena's anti-aircraft guns got into action, they helped to fend off further attacks from the second strike wave while other men worked to control flooding by closing the many watertight hatches in the ship. Sigsbee lost twenty-two men killed and seventy-two wounded. USS YF-86 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942.
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